Tracy Womble, PhDFaculty Mentor

Tracy Womble, Ph.D.
Peer Mentor since 2003
Faculty Mentor since 2011

Tracy A. Womble served 12 years in the U.S. Navy after which he attended <st1:placename w:st="on">Florida <st1:placename w:st="on">A&M <st1:placetype w:st="on">University, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tallahassee, FL., where he received a B.S. in Biology. He remained at <st1:placename w:st="on">Florida <st1:placename w:st="on">A&M <st1:placetype w:st="on">University and earned a Ph.D in pharmacology/toxicology from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">College of <st1:placename w:st="on">Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences where he completed his dissertation in the characterization of aspartate and cysteine proteases during apoptoticneurodegeneration that occurs following a stroke or cerebrovascular incident. Dr. Womble completed a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the <st1:placetype w:st="on">University of <st1:placename w:st="on">South Florida College Of Medicine in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Tampa, in the Department of Neurosurgery and the Center for Aging and Brain Repair where he conducted research in the delivery of human umbilical cord blood-derived stem cells to reduce stroke damage.He returned to <st1:placename w:st="on">Florida <st1:placename w:st="on">A&M <st1:placetype w:st="on">University in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">College of <st1:placename w:st="on">Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences where he is responsible for the RCMI-funded Imaging Core Facility while continuing his work in the use of human umbilical cord blood in both neurodegenerative diseases and following cocaine abuse.